Twin Valley was six outs away from exiting the PIAA Class AAA Tournament, but the Raiders never lost faith.

"We don't quit," pitcher Brad Smith said. "We have a lot of heart."

Jesse May singled in the tying run and Connor Corson doubled in the go-ahead runs, giving Twin Valley a 7-5 comeback win over Selinsgrove in a first-round game Monday at War Memorial Field.

After trailing most of the game, the Raiders (17-7) scored five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to overcome a 4-2 deficit and post the first PIAA baseball victory in school history.

Twin Valley, which last week won its first District 3 championship, advanced to the quarterfinals Thursday against District 12 champion Neumann-Goretti, which beat Blue Mountain 8-4 in eight innings.

"You just keep believing in them," Raiders coach Matt Royer said.

The Seals (18-6), the District 4 champions, appeared on the verge of breaking it open several times, but Twin Valley managed to stay close with clutch pitching from Smith, nearly flawless defense and two bizarre plays.

Selinsgrove led 2-0 when Corson led off the fourth with a catchable flyball to deep right-center. Seals center fielder Paul Eyster, however, never saw it in the cloudless sky and watched it drop for a triple. Corson scored when Kevin Kroener struck out and reached on a wild pitch.

Selinsgrove added a run in its fifth before Eyster lost another ball hit by Corson, putting runners on second and third. Kroener cut it to 3-2 with an RBI groundout.

"The guy never makes a mistake, but today, I don't know, he just did," Seals coach Brent Beiler said. "He wasn't getting a good read off the bat and then he tried to find it. It's almost impossible at that point."

Twin Valley fell behind by two runs again on Eyster's two-out double in the sixth, but the Raiders didn't wilt.

Dan Myers (walk) and Justin Pacana (single) reached base to lead off their sixth and moved up on a double steal. Ben Nelson made it 4-3 with a sacrifice fly before May came to the plate with two out.

Until then, Twin Valley had been 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position, the only hit coming on an infield single. But May ripped the ball up the middle, scoring Pacana to tie it. Selinsgrove decided to walk Smith, but the strategy backfired when Corson drove the ball into right-center for a two-run double. He scored the seventh run on an error.

"They walked Brad, so I knew I had to come through," Corson said. "I knew the curveball was coming. I could tell."

The Seals, who had a .360 team batting average, weren't done, cutting it to 7-5 on Seth Lauver's double in the seventh. But Smith picked off Ryan Keiser at second and struck out Nick Fisher to end it.

Smith clearly was not at his best, allowing 11 hits and walking four. But he picked up his fourth win of this postseason.

"Did Brad have his best stuff?" Royer asked. "No. You're going to have your best stuff maybe once out of every four starts. If you go out there moping, you're going to get beat. A good pitcher wins when he doesn't have his best stuff."